Lady&#39;s undergarment



March 18, 1947. DORFMAN 2,417,473

LADIES UNDERGARMENT Filed June 17, 1944 Fey l www@ MTX V0 K w f# Patented Mar. 18, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LADYS UNDERGARMENT Harry Dorfman, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application June 17, 1944, Serial No. 540,809

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to improvements in ladies undergarments and method of making the same, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form a part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in cutting the patterns of a garment from a piece of cloth in such a way that the rear panel and gussets of the garment will be out on the bias and in assembling these various sections of the garment together, as more particularly pointed out in the claim for novelty following a description of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to devise a garment which will give greater elasticity and resiliency to the wearer and enable freer movement of the body; to furnish an attractive undergarment such as step-ins, or panties that will not only be economical in its actual manufacture but in its use due to the fact that owing to the particular cut of the same the danger of tearing or ripping will be reduced materially and consequently increase the life of the garment; to devise a means whereby patterns may be so cut that the rear panel and gussets will be cut on the bias; and generally to provide a garment that will be durable in construction and efficient for its purpose.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 illustrates an assembly of patterns to form a garment commonly known to trade as step-ins or panties and showing a rear view thereof.

Figure 2 is a plan assembly of the garment as illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the garment completed and applied.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail of a lace trimming.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the pattern for making the undergarment consists of six pieces as shown in Figure l. The front panel as indicated by the numeral I and the side panels II and I2, are laid on the material I3 in such a way that they will be in alignment with the texture of the fabric, the rear piece I4 of the undergarment, which is adapted to form the rear pane1 thereof and the gussets I5 and I6 are placed on the material I3 on an oblique or diagonal line so that when they are being cut out, the out will be oblique in the texture of the fabric.

The various panels of the undergarment are narrow at the top and gradually flare outwardly in order to conform with the shape of the body.

When the material has been cut out to form the panels from the material I3, the rear panel is simply sewn to one edge of the side panel II and at the other edge to the side panel I2 and then the front pane1 is sewn in a like manner to the opposite side of the panel II and to the opposite side of the panel I2. The gusset I5 is reinforced by the gusset I5 and then this double piece is sewn to the vertical slits I1 and I3 in the lower rear and lower front panels. The lace frill I9 is then sewn on to the garment, thus completing it ready for use.

It will therefore be seen from the above that it is not only in the cut of certain sections on the bias but in actually sewing these various sections together which in their combination effects a comfortable and proper iit, eliminating the possibility of the binding effect which so often occurs in the ordinary style of undergarments.

What I claim is:

A ladys undergarment comprising a front panel and two side panels, each formed in one piece cut in alignment with the weave of the material and having the outer vertical edges thereof converging inwardly towards the upper edge, said front panel having a vertical slit extending inwardly irom its central lower edge for a predetermined distance terminating short of midway of the panel length, a rear panel cut on the bias and having its outer vertical edges converging inwardly towards the upper edge which with the upper edges of said front and side panels forms the waistband, said rear panel being formed with a vertical slit extending inwardly from its central lower edge for a predeterminedv distance terminating short of midway of the panel length, and a pair of gussets cut out obliquely to the texture of the material and sewn together to form a double piece and sewn to the edges of the said vertical slits of the said front and rear panels.

HARRY DORFMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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